Stoddard Browne

Stoddard Browne was a buccaneer active in the Caribbean in 1654.

Biography
Stoddard Browne was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, and he was a sailor by his trade. Browne worked on slave ships as a guard, and he later worked on fishing ships; his jobs did not pay well, so he turned to piracy instead. Browne and other pirates, based out of Port Morgan, launched a spate of attacks on Caribbean colonies in 1654, razing the colonies of France, United Provinces, and Spain with the blessing of England; the pirates kept whatever spoils they found. Browne decided to continue his piracy as a buccaneer, and he was given letters of marque by England to attack foreign shipping.